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''WFA: King of the Streets'' was a mixed martial arts event held by World Fighting Alliance on July 22, 2006 at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles, California, USA. This would be the last event held by the World Fighting Alliance. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States via iN DEMAND, and is the only fight in the 21st century to feature former UFC champion〔Hunt, Loretta. ("Former UFC champ turned actor Bas Rutten readies for his close-up". )〕 Bas Rutten.〔Dure, Beau. "Martin Kampmann brings taste of Denmark to UFC cage." USA Today. 11 2010: n. page. Print. Young Danish prospect Martin Kampmann received a call to fight for the heavily promoted WFA King of the Streets card on two days notice.〔Chiappetta, Mike. "'Hitman' sets his target on Marquardt." NBCsports. 28 2008: n. page. Web. 15 Dec. 2012. Lindland, who had moved up in weight class from Middleweight for his second match at Light Heavyweight,〔Lindland, Matt. "- MATT LINDLAND PRE-FIGHT VIDEO INTERVIEW ." MMAweekly. 19 2006. . Web. 15 Dec 2012. http://www.mmaweekly.com/matt-lindland-pre-fight-video-interview.〕 reportedly made 70000US for his match vs Rampage. This exhibited that it was possible to receive a sizable payday outside of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.〔Vondersmith, Jason. "Lindland finds life after UFC ." Portland Tribune. 17 2006: n. page. Web. 14 Dec. 2012. Former IFL champ and UFC competitor Matt Horwich is on record with the Baltimore Sun saying that Rampage vs Lindland was one of his favorite fights because of the size difference between the two. He also felt that Lindland did enough to get the decision.〔Horwich, Matt. Interview by Kevin Richardson. "Faith-based fighting: Q&A with IFL champ Matt Horwich." Baltimore Sun. 27 2008. . Web. 16 Dec 2012.〕 Kimo was originally scheduled to fight Rutten and had this to say: " “I’ve helped this sport come from bare knuckles, no rules and no excuses to where it is today, and for this man to select me specifically as the target for his comeback is an insult to everything I’ve accomplished,” said Kimo. “This will be the shortest comeback of all time, and Bas will regret the day he chose me for his return to the cage.”〔MMA weekly staff, . "Press release." MMaweekly. 31 2006: n. page. Web. 15 Dec. 2012. however a failed drug test days resulted in his being removed from the card. This was the second time that Kimo had failed a drug test. As he failed one two years prior after his UFC 48 loss to Ken Shamrock.〔Cain, Jeff. "- KIMO FAILS DRUG TEST, WILL NOT FIGHT BAS RUTTEN." MMAweekly. 20 2006: n. page. Web. 15 Dec. 2012. One of the fights on the card was a rematch of a WEC title fight involving Ricco Rodriguez and Ron Waterman. Waterman won the first WEC affair. However, in spite of his issues with the scale,〔Frazer, Bear. "Where Are They Now?." Fight Magazine. 2007: n. page. Web. 14 Dec. 2012. King of Queens star Kevin James was also on-hand to corner Bas Rutten for his comeback fight against Warpath.〔Hunt, Loretta. ("Former UFC champ turned actor Bas Rutten readies for his close-up." )〕〔Martin, Damon. "MORE MMA ON ESPNEWS AS BAS RUTTEN APPEARS." MMAWEEKLY. 20 2006: n. page. Web. 15 Dec. 2012. Bas Rutten failed a post-fight drug test for painkillers〔Snowden, John. "MMA's 8 Most Disappointing Drug Test Failures." Bleacher Report. 14 2012: n. page. Web. 14 Dec. 2012. Attending the event was LA Times sports columnist J.J Adande who said: "Finally, in Quinton "Rampage" Jackson's split decision victory over Matt Lindland in Saturday night's main event, I saw one of the most amazing feats of strength I've seen in sports. With Lindland trying to choke him into submission, Jackson was somehow able to get to his feet and toss Lindland off."〔Adande, J.J. "In This Sport Choking Works." La Times. 24 2006: n. page. Web. 15 Dec. 2012. Color commentary for the event was provided by former National Football League player and professional wrestler Bill Goldberg. and Barry Tompkins, formerly of HBO Boxing.〔Goldberg, Bill. Interview by Loretta Hunt. Second Goldberg Enters the Booth: Former WWE Star Set to Jabber, Not Jab at WFA 2006. . Web. 16 Dec 2012. http://fcfighter.com/post/international-fight-league-announces-next-two-events-in-portland-oregon-and-moline-illinois-featuring-two-special-super-fights.〕 ==Results〔http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/wfa-4-king-of-the-streets〕〔http://www.sherdog.com/events/WFA-King-of-the-Streets-3870〕== ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WFA: King of the Streets」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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